The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron. Chodron, a Buddhist nun, offers plans of action for coping with anxiety, fear and uncertainty. Pema Chödrön. Shambhala, $16.95 trade paper (128p) ISBN ...

Pema Chodron, a student of Chogyam Trunpa Rinpoche and Abbot of Gampo Abbey, has written the Tibetan Buddhist equivalent of Harold Kushner's famous book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. As the ...

Peter Clothier is the author, most recently, of "While I Am Not Afraid: Secrets of a Man's Heart." Though she would have no way to know it, Pema Chodron has been an important teacher for me. I first ...

I’m drawing insight from Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun whose teachings I’ve been listening to on compact discs in my car as I run errands. My wife, Liz, and our friend Stacy introduced me to Chodron.